Recursive algorithm

simple

WikiRank.net
ver. 1.6

Recursive algorithm

Quality:

Recursion - algorithmic technique in computer science of solving a problem by reducing it to a smaller instance of the same problem. Article "Recursive algorithm" in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Recursive algorithm", its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 876 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1515 in February 2015
  • Global: #5419 in October 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #13287 in August 2015
  • Global: #31093 in April 2015

There are 25 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
63.2046
2Serbian (sr)
Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)
37.1966
3French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
35.6068
4Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
29.695
5Tamil (ta)
சுழல்
29.1038
6Ukrainian (uk)
Рекурсія (програмування)
27.5173
7Chinese (zh)
递归 (计算机科学)
25.3993
8Portuguese (pt)
Recursividade (ciência da computação)
24.999
9Persian (fa)
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
22.2252
10Kazakh (kk)
Рекурсивті функция
21.3863
More...

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Recursive algorithm" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
4 207 873
2Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
531 925
3German (de)
Rekursive Programmierung
439 500
4Italian (it)
Algoritmo ricorsivo
370 033
5French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
368 970
6Portuguese (pt)
Recursividade (ciência da computação)
315 049
7Russian (ru)
Рекурсивная функция
306 316
8Chinese (zh)
递归 (计算机科学)
136 699
9Persian (fa)
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
83 786
10Korean (ko)
재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)
80 938
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Recursive algorithm" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
7 013
2Russian (ru)
Рекурсивная функция
710
3German (de)
Rekursive Programmierung
627
4Italian (it)
Algoritmo ricorsivo
526
5French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
477
6Chinese (zh)
递归 (计算机科学)
425
7Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
357
8Vietnamese (vi)
Đệ quy (tin học)
294
9Portuguese (pt)
Recursividade (ciência da computação)
183
10Korean (ko)
재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)
168
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Recursive algorithm" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
274
2Italian (it)
Algoritmo ricorsivo
101
3French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
98
4German (de)
Rekursive Programmierung
74
5Russian (ru)
Рекурсивная функция
50
6Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
43
7Vietnamese (vi)
Đệ quy (tin học)
36
8Chinese (zh)
递归 (计算机科学)
30
9Persian (fa)
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
22
10Portuguese (pt)
Recursividade (ciência da computação)
18
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Recursive algorithm" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
عودية (علم الحاسوب)
0
2Catalan (ca)
Algorisme recursiu
0
3Czech (cs)
Rekurze (programování)
0
4German (de)
Rekursive Programmierung
0
5English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
0
6Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
0
7Persian (fa)
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
0
8Finnish (fi)
Rekursiivinen algoritmi
0
9French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
0
10Hindi (hi)
पुनरावृत्ति (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)
0
More...

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Recursive algorithm" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Recursion (computer science)
490
2Chinese (zh)
递归 (计算机科学)
187
3Italian (it)
Algoritmo ricorsivo
142
4Persian (fa)
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
112
5French (fr)
Algorithme récursif
107
6Korean (ko)
재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)
85
7Arabic (ar)
عودية (علم الحاسوب)
79
8Serbian (sr)
Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)
79
9Ukrainian (uk)
Рекурсія (програмування)
76
10Spanish (es)
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
58
More...

Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Authors in June 2025:
Simple English:
Global:
Registered authors in all years:
Simple English:
Global:
Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
عودية (علم الحاسوب)
caCatalan
Algorisme recursiu
csCzech
Rekurze (programování)
deGerman
Rekursive Programmierung
enEnglish
Recursion (computer science)
esSpanish
Recursión (ciencias de computación)
faPersian
بازگشت (علوم رایانه)
fiFinnish
Rekursiivinen algoritmi
frFrench
Algorithme récursif
hiHindi
पुनरावृत्ति (कंप्यूटर विज्ञान)
hyArmenian
Ռեկուրսիա (ինֆորմատիկա)
itItalian
Algoritmo ricorsivo
kkKazakh
Рекурсивті функция
koKorean
재귀 (컴퓨터 과학)
nlDutch
Recursie (informatica)
ptPortuguese
Recursividade (ciência da computação)
ruRussian
Рекурсивная функция
simpleSimple English
Recursive algorithm
skSlovak
Rekurzia (informatika)
srSerbian
Рекурзија (компјутерске науке)
svSwedish
Rekursiv algoritm
taTamil
சுழல்
ukUkrainian
Рекурсія (програмування)
viVietnamese
Đệ quy (tin học)
zhChinese
递归 (计算机科学)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#13287
08.2015
Global:
#31093
04.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1515
02.2015
Global:
#5419
10.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Recursion from Wikipedia articles about Recursion, Recursive function, Recursion, Tower of Hanoi and C. Whereas reading the article about Recursion people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Recursion, Tail recursion, Sierpiński triangle, Logo and Mathematical induction.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 12 August 2025

On 12 August 2025 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wednesday, Georgina Rodríguez, ChatGPT, Weapons, Jenna Ortega, deaths in 2025, Taylor Swift, Miguel Uribe Turbay, 2025–26 UEFA Champions League.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Free Republic of Verdis, SOLID (object-oriented design), Wikimedia Foundation, Black, XXXTentacion, List of U.S. states and territories by time zone, Youmna Khoury, List of U.S. states, List of European countries, List of people who have walked on the Moon.

About WikiRank

The WikiRank project is intended for automatic relative evaluation of the articles in the various language versions of Wikipedia. At the moment the service allows to compare over 44 million Wikipedia articles in 55 languages. Quality scores of articles are based on Wikipedia dumps from July, 2025. When calculating current popularity and AI of articles data from June 2025 was taken into account. For historical values of popularity and AI WikiRank used data from 2001 to 2025... More information